40
people attended Grove of the Other Gods' 2006 Imbolc ritual, led by
Nora. The ritual honored Brigid as Goddess of Smithcraft, Metalworking,
Crafts, and the Forge. There were two planning meetings, where a bunch
of us hammered a copper plate into a ritual bowl. (Click
here for photos of the planning meeting!) During the procession
into the ritual space, each person at the ritual got to hammer the bowl,
which was finished during the ritual. There was a lot of participation
in this long ritual, lots of praise, music, offerings, (Click
here for the drawing down of Brigid that Jack drew during the ritual;
she's focused on her forge.) and we came away with good omens scryed
from the bowl we made: the seers scryed an anchor that at first was
small, and then grew larger; we are more than the sum of our parts,
we can do more than we think we can, we are stronger than we realize,
we need to have more faith in ourselves. (There was also something about
grounding in that anchor.) After the ritual, we made butter, Brigid's
crosses, and various crafts. We ate a lot of food. We gathered around
a fire and burned offerings, including the Brigid dolly made before
the ritual. Each person got craft supplies and a Brigid' brat. Click
Here for Kristen's Quotes from the Ritual! Thank you Trish, for
the photos!